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by Chris Mosey
Living in a state of unresolved civil war since 1945, and lately under threat of nuclear annihilation, obviously sharpens the senses, gives the Korean people an edge the rest of us don't have. Recently, Donald Trump took one look and was blown away. He said (or perhaps Tweeted), These are wonderful, hard-working people." With the release of this album, comes the time for the jazz world to rise and join the American president in singing the praises ...
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by Jack Bowers
At last, after lo these many years, a big band--make that a Tiny Orkester--from South Korea. If that's not surprising enough, what is even more striking is that composer / arranger Jungsu Choi's diminutive ensemble (tentet plus voices) is highly proficient and really swings. Choi wrote two of the album's five numbers; the others are Charlie Parker's Anthropology," an extrapolation of an Ellington / Strayhorn classic ("What If Duke Ellington Didn't Take the 'A' Train?") and Chick Corea's impassioned Spain." ...
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